Cross-industry innovation:
Mobility & Aerospace
Diverse business opportunities

Effective networks››

Since 2006 the state-funded Cluster-Offensive Bayern promotes
the formation of industry networks that drive cross-functional andcross-industry innovation. Three renowned clusters in automotive,
aerospace and railway today serve as high performance networ-kingand innovation platforms with international connections.
The Cluster MAI Carbon of Composites United pursues the goal of
implementing lightweight construction technologies on an industrial
scale not just for the mobility sector. E-Mobility Cluster Regensburg
focuses on technology for e-mobility including infrastructure. TheCluster Mobility & Logistics and the Logistics Initiative Bavaria are
key innovation platforms for the logistics sector.

›In addition, new platforms have been formed that harness the power of digital technology. For example, the Digital Hub Mobility is partof a nationwide hub initiative. It focuses on networking and poolingprojects around big data, eMobility and autonomous driving. The
focus of MCube and EIT Urban Mobility is on developing sustainable
solutions for mobility in metropolitan regions.

›In the same spirit, larger corporations have founded start-up programmes to cross-innovate with young founders and digital entrepreneurs. Among them are, for example, the BMW Startup Garage,
co-pace by Continental, UNLIMITED X by Rehau, the Volkswagen
Data Lab or MAN Impact Accelerator.

›Two start-up centres are specifically focused on the aerospaceindustry: ESA BIC Bavaria is a business incubator for space technology while brigkAIR specializes in three-dimensional mobility andunmanned aerial vehicles.

›Bavaria has been a leading international location for key mobility
sectors for many decades. For example:›Automotive: With famous brands such as Audi and BMW
as well as leading OEMs such as Brose, Dräxlmaier Group orWebasto, automotive accounts for approximately 30 % ofrevenues in the manufacturing sector.

›Aerospace: Over €11 billion in revenues are generated annuallyin the manufacturing aerospace sector by around 450 companies. As such, Bavaria is one of the few regions worldwide
where companies serve the whole aerospace value chain.

›Railway Technology: The German rail industry generates annual revenues of approx. €12 billion and holds a significant shareof the world market. Some of the most essential companies
are located in Bavaria.

›Logistics: Bavaria is centrally located between Western andEastern Europe, its road network of 138.000 kilometers links
many important logistic hubs – via water, road, rail and air alike.
It is therefore an important location for logistics innovation.

Its diverse mobility landscape is also the key driver for cross-industry
innovation in Bavaria. In fact, the state has become Europe’s leading
testbed for future mobility solutions, with many high profile projects
such as Hydrogen Centre.Bavaria in Nuremberg, Ingolstadt’s Urban Air
Mobility Initiative and the Digital Motorway Testbed, attracting attention far beyond its borders. Disruptive start-ups such as Lilium and TUM
Hyperloop are settling here as a result, likewise collaborative initiatives
such as IONITY, the first pan-European high power charging grid, a joint
venture of Audi, BMW, Porsche, Ford, Volkswagen and Daimler.

Access to talentGlocal perspectives›Bavaria has 30 world-class universities and universities of appliedsciences with a total approximately 400,000 students – many ofwhom are enrolled in specialties relevant to the mobility sector.

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A number of academic programmes specifically build the skills required for shaping the future of mobility. For example:

From 2021 onwards, Munich will be hosting the IAA Mobility trade
show, welcoming fair attendees from all over the world. IAA Mobility is one of the world’s most important trade shows in this sector
with exhibitors from 39 countries (2019). Its relocation to Munichreflects not just the city’s international clout as a location for thefuture of mobility but also its overall global perspective.

›Not only the big players – such as Audi, Siemens, BMW, Airbus or
MAN – but also Bavaria’s hidden champions innovate cross-border. For
example, Goldhofer, based in Memmingen since 1705, is a world leader
in vehicles for heavy-duty transport and special cargo haulage andexports more than 80 % of its production.

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Innovative mobility companies are drawn to the region: for example,lyft, an on demand transportation company based in San Francisco,recently opened its first European office in Munich. NIO, a Chinese
electric car start-up based its global design office here.

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University of Applied Sciences in Landshut: bachelor’s degreein Automotive Computer Science.

›TUM Campus Straubing for biotechnology and sustainability:
special focus on clean tech, conducting specific research in thearea of synthetic fuels, for example.

›Department of Aerospace and Geodesy at the Technical University of Munich: founded in 2018 with the vision of becoming thecore of a “space valley” in the metropolitan region of Munich.

In addition, a well-established system of in-company education via
vocational training and dual studies has evolved over the past severalyears with a focus on areas such as digitalisation or clean technology.